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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

À la claire fontaine
Language: French (Français) 
À la claire fontaine
Les mains me suis lavé,

À la feuille d’un chêne
Me le suis essuyéer.

Sur la plus haute branche
Le rossignol chantait,

Chante, beau rossignol,
Toi qui as le cœur gai,
Tra la la la la la la la.

Le mien n’est pas de même,
Mon amant ni a laissée,

Pour un bouton de rose
Que je lui ai refusé.

Je voudrais que la rose
Fut encore au rosier.

Et que le rosier même,
Fut encore à planter.

Et que la planteur même,
Ne fut pas encore né.
Tra la la la la la la la.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by George Templeton Strong (1856 - 1948), "À la claire fontaine", 1931, published [1931] [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 4, Genève, Éd. du Siècle Musical [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-07-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 100

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